Various artists ~ "Mummy, Mummy Please Look At Me": A Tribute to the Television Personalities

Well, this Television Personalities tribute album is a hidden gem! I'm ashamed to say that TVPs were one of those revered (in indiepop circles) bands that I've never got around to listening to as much as I probably should have. I shall remedy this straight away! 🎧🎶

Highlights: Jeanines, The Kitchenettes, The 1981 (year of my birth! 😏), The Telephone Numbers. Curated by the brilliant Dandy Boy Records, out of Oakland, California. 

The Umbrellas ~ Promises

Poptastic San Francisco outfit The Umbrellas covering the Buzzcocks' classic? Don't mind if I do! 😏

This track is from Oakland Weekender 2022, an album of Buzzcocks covers which was jointly released by Slumberland and Emotional Response Records to accompany their three-day San Francisco Bay Area festival of the same name. I so wish I could have been there - the line-up looks incredible! 

Click here to download the compilation courtesy of this blog. ✨

Kitty Kat Fan Club ~ Dreamy Little You

Hailing from San Jose, California, Kitty Kat Fan Club are a garage-twee group who make nothing but love songs about cats - I mean, how could I resist?! The track Dreamy Little You is from their debut album of the same name. 

File under: Tiger Trap, Talulah Gosh, Cub.